Leonard Bernstein - Sinfonien 1-3 [2 DVDs] - Universal/Music/DVD

"Leonard Bernstein - Mahler: Sinfonien 1-3"

"Interpreteurs"
Sheila Armstrong, Soprano
Janet Baker, Mezzo-Soprano
Christa Ludwig, Contralto

Edinburgh Festival Chorus
Chorus Master: Arthur Oldham

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Chorus Master: Norbert Balatsch

Wiener Sängerknaben
London Symphony Orchestra
Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein

"Symphonies Nos. 1,2 & 3"
Beginning with the First Symphony, Bernstein reveals Mahler's position at the hinge of modernism, while emphasizing his emotional extremism. The uplifting Second "Resurrection" Symphony, with which Bernstein had an especially long and close association, is recorded here in a historic performance from 1973, set in the Romanesque splendour of Ely Cathedral. In the Third, Bernstein encompasses the symphony's spiritual panorama like no other conductor - with the Vienna Philharmonic players alive to every nuance.